PT04-19/20 Botanic Gardens Interpretive Shelter Construction

Summary and scope

In line with the Master Plan and Queens Park & Botanical Gardens Conservation Management Plan, Queens Park Development aims to provide an overall vision and design for the park that will create a quality community regional recreation park with appropriate and sufficient park facilities, while conserving and promoting the layered history of the park. Queens Park is Toowoomba's largest and most significant formal park. It maintains a strong sense of heritage, including valuable tree specimens and avenues (some of which date back to 1879). This heritage significance was recognized by the State in 2001 when the park was included on the State Heritage Register as a place of Cultural Heritage Significance (QHR No: 601607). Queens Park is located at 43-73 Lindsay Street, Toowoomba and accessed from Lindsay Street, Margaret Street, Hume Street and Godsall Street. The park occupies Lot 179 on D361160. The Botanic Gardens Interpretive Shelter is a new shelter and seating area located over the former Botanic Gardens Conservatory or ‘hothouse’. In line with the Queens Park Master Plan, the interpretive shelter has been designed to highlight the historical location of the former hothouse.